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Posted by: tornik550 Nov 19 2014, 06:32 PM

I recently purchased a 1970 911 e 2.2l engine with zenith carbs for a 6 conversion. I mainly am going to use it for spirited street driving. Are there any easy upgrades that I need to do prior to installing the engine? Any easy performance upgrades?

Posted by: r_towle Nov 19 2014, 08:57 PM

Sell it and buy a 3.6

Posted by: gereed75 Nov 19 2014, 09:23 PM

google 2.4 mod s porsche or 2.45 supertech porsche or similar and you will have ideas galore. Welcome to the slippery slope!

Posted by: puffinator Nov 19 2014, 09:28 PM

go to Pelican forum and ask.

Posted by: Mark Henry Nov 19 2014, 09:53 PM

MSD and a good wire set. Cams are $1000, but before you do that do you really know what you have?

Not a whole lot without tearing into the engine.

Posted by: Justinp71 Nov 19 2014, 10:55 PM

Easiest thing you can do is play around with the exhaust. I did headers going into a 4-port magna-flow SS muffler and it really opened up my exhaust. This style drones right at 3k rpms though.





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Posted by: roblav1 Nov 20 2014, 12:02 AM

High value for lower dollar are as Mark H said - MSD and good wires. If a Pertronix will fit, I'd do that too and dump the points.

The Zeniths were made for 911T's. They'll work OK for an E engine but not as good as 40 IDA Weber in low rpm transition.

Find a 2 liter six flywheel and clutch. They will bolt right on.

Posted by: tornik550 Nov 20 2014, 08:37 AM

I do have a MSD box. I also have pertronix. Do they make a Mallory distributor for this engine?

What plug wires should I get?

Posted by: roblav1 Nov 20 2014, 11:02 AM

I doubt Mallory makes a distributor for that engine. You'd be better off keeping the original Bosch one.

The distributors back then were different between engines. The E, S, and T each had their own advance mechanism. You'll want to keep the "E" distributor. You'll also want to take it out of the engine and make sure that the advance mechanism works properly. Almost all of my 911's had sticking mechanisms when I got them. Take the two screws out that hold the Bakelite plate in place and look at the advance mechanism weights and springs underneath. It needs to freely move or your engine will not run right.

Posted by: Vysoc Nov 20 2014, 01:21 PM

Just remember the 2.2 E was a very nice engine making 155HP and having a very flexible power band. Excellence had an article a few years ago about the three different 2.2 models and the article author picked the 2.2E as being the funnest engine to drive of the S,E & T version's?

Anyway, I have an 71' 2.2E case and look forward to recreating the 2.2E in my next 914-6 project!

Have fun!

Vysoc

Posted by: Mark Henry Nov 20 2014, 09:00 PM

Magnacore

Posted by: 9146986 Nov 20 2014, 09:00 PM

Zeniths are hit or miss, if they don't work well the 1st upgrade will be good carbs.